Results showed that the average grower who uses IPM methods tends to score low on superego strength; hold a degree of conservativeness and respect of traditional ideas; exhibit a suspicious disposition; be talkative, frank and expressive; and be relaxed, unfrustrated and composed.
Ben-Othmen, Marie Asma (author) and Ostapchuk, Mariia (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2019-05
Published:
France
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10583
Notes:
16 pages., Paper presented at the 172nd European Association of Agricultural Economists Seminar,"Agricultural policy for the environment or environmental policy for agriculture?" Brussels, Belgium, May 28-29, 2019., via database., Results of this study indicate that environmental consideration is not the key factor behind farmers' preference involving land restoration programs. The financial component remains the main incentive.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D10003
Notes:
Abstract of paper presented at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) Agricultural Communications Section, Jacksonville, Florida, February 4-5, 2018.
Dickrell, Peter A. (author), McCracken, Vicki A. (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07196
Notes:
food irradiation; food safety, James F. Evans Collection, Pullman, WA : College of Agriculture and Home Economics Research Center, Washington State University, 1989. (Research Bulletin No. XB1014) 14 p., The history of food irradiation is explained. The description of and results from a focus group study of consumer attitudes about food irradiation are presented.
10 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription., Results of 251 consumer surveys in four UK supermarkets revealed that only 5.6% nominated country of origin as one of the reasons for choosing a fresh food item they had just purchased. However, stated preference surveys in the street found that 21.5% indicated that "food miles" or "the long distance it travels" would stop them buying New Zealand products. "What people say may differ substantially from what they actually do in regard to 'food miles'."
